Category Archives: Local News
Good Things on The Lakeshore
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, talks with morning news host Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a positive difference along the L...
Jan 05, 2022 The 2021 guest editors of The Lakeshore WM. Courtesy, The Lakeshore WM
Omicron detected in Ottawa County
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County health officials confirmed the COVID-19 variant, Omicron is spreading through the community, with six people diagnosed after tests last month. Few, if any, are su...
Jan 05, 2022 Ottawa County drive-thru testing event. File photo WHTC Peg McNichol
Two hurt in Allendale Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 22-year-old Coopersville woman and a 34-year-old Allendale man were hurt in a traffic crash on Lake Michigan Drive at 88th Avenue on Tuesday morning. Ottawa County Sheriff's ...
Jan 05, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
NFPA encourages prompt removal of Christmas trees, as most tree fires occur in January
UNDATED, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Late last month, WKZO reported that the City of Kalamazoo was encouraging the removal of natural Christmas trees at the conclusion of the holiday. Now, the National Fire Pro...
Jan 04, 2022
'Significant' fire at JR Automation plant
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Officials at the manufacturing company JR Automation are sorting out details and pulling together damage estimates after what a spokeswoman called a "significant fire" at the 1...
Jan 04, 2022 JR Automation's Tyler Street facility in Olive Township. Courtesy, JR Automation
Ottawa Co. Commissioners vote in new officers
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Board of Commissioners unanimously elected District 11 Commissioner Matt Fenske as chairperson and District 4 Commissioner Al Dannenberg as vice-chairperson at th...
Jan 04, 2022 Ottawa County Commissioners Matt Fenske and All Dannenberg. Courtesy, Ottawa County
Free, drive-thru COVID testing Wednesday in Allegan
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County's health department will host a drive-thru COVID-19 testing event from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 5) at the Allegan County Transportation Building, 750 Airwa...
Jan 04, 2022 Allegan County COVID-19 free drive-thru tests are the Allegan Transportation building, 750 Airway Drive. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Snowmelt grants, COVID guidelines on Zeeland City Council
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Zeeland property owners faced with a special assessment to cover the cost of the snowmelt project may see some relief. Members of Zeeland City Council are being asked to consid...
Jan 03, 2022 Zeeland City Hall file photo
Concrete pour Tuesday for Towers on River Project
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland's Sixth Street will be completely closed to through traffic between Central and River avenues from 3 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. This will allow for ...
Jan 02, 2022 CodyJung / CC
Medical Condition May Have Led to I-196 Crash Near Hudsonville
JAMESTOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 40-year-old Grand Rapids man is in St. Mary's Hospital following a single-vehicle crash on I-196 east of Hudsonville on Saturday (Dec. 31, 2021) evening. According ...
Dec 31, 2021 An ambulance arrived at the scene (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications, Inc.)
